"FRONT TOWARD ENEMY" was the third track released by Marilyn Manson on August 16th 2024 exclusively on the Raise the Red Flag maxi-CD single, which had a limited release of 3,000 copies that sold out in under 12 hours. Though the two previous singles were released accompanied by music videos, this third exclusive release was only the song as the third track on the singles album. Musically it is perhaps the bands heaviest song since the 90's, especially Antichrist Superstar , and it even has certain sounds familiar to us from that album, such as "Little Horn" and "1996", though I would also include the single "Astonishing Panorama of the End Times". For those who have wanted a song that brings them back to that era, while at the same time holding up to the standards of a current and innovative sound, then this is the song you have been waiting for. Song Lyrics When I originally wrote this analysis, there was no official release of the lyric
Throughout his career, Marilyn Manson has been asked by various interviewers about things he regrets, and in lyrics of his songs he has talked about both regretting and not regretting, but the last time he was asked about his regrets was in 2019, in an interview for the German magazine Numero Homme Berlin (Spring/Summer 2019) for which he graced the cover. I translated his response below: Sina Braetz: Looking back, what do you regret most about your life? Marilyn Manson: I regret that I was naive enough to let people believe that my kindness was weakness and that I allowed them to take advantage of it. Many people believed that I was actually stupid or naive because I was so friendly and they betrayed me. But that was my fault, not theirs. That's why I regret not having been competent enough to understand that my desire to have companionable friendship - or whatever you want to call it - to have friends or family, made me make a lot of mistakes that I wish I hadn't made. Bu